Loved it but not scared by it

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2006)

I'm a horror nut, and I'll watch just about anything if it's scary. This movie was well-made, not relying on gore or pop-out monsters to make it interesting.
Some of the acting was horrible, but some (Cillian Murphy) was amazing. The only odd thing was that it didn't scare me - not even a startle-scare. It was very tense and suspenseful during much of it, but I wouldn't have categorized it as horror, myself.
To be honest, it may not have scared me, but it did make me cry a rather embarrassing amount. Cillian Murphy as Jim was just way too good acting-wise - he got the emotions across amazingly well. I felt terrible for that poor guy! I mean, not only do you wake up all alone in a hospital from a coma, you're being chased by people with a disease that's like an ultra-rabies, and then you find your parents dead, having committed suicide and leaving the most depressing note ever...
Yeah, I was watching with friends and I'm way to proud to cry in front of them, but I went to pieces in the bathroom afterward. Maybe I'm just strange, but this movie was more of a tearjerker for me than horror. Doesn't mean I didn't love it, however!